Vitesse 2-2 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Eredivisie · Sunday 1 April 2012
Result
Vitesse 2-2 AZ Alkmaar
Eredivisie · Sunday 1 April 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Vitesse 2-2 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Vitesse drew with AZ Alkmaar 2-2 in Eredivisie on Sunday 1 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jozy Altidore opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Vitesse's goals came from Guram Kashia (35') and Marco van Ginkel (47'). AZ Alkmaar scored through Jozy Altidore (32') and Simon Poulsen (59').
Discipline: Vitesse received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Vitesse were 7th on 41 points from 27 and AZ Alkmaar 2nd on 56 points from 27. Vitesse went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and AZ Alkmaar 4th with 65.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Vitesse wins, 2 draws and 5 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Vitesse's last five read L-W-W-W-L and AZ Alkmaar's W-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · M. Martens
- 29'Yellow card · Niklas Moisander
- 32'Goal · Jozy Altidore
- 35'Goal · Guram Kashia
- 38'Yellow card · Brett Holman
- 38'Yellow card · Guram Kashia
- 46'Yellow card · A. Maher
- 47'Goal · Marco van Ginkel
- 59'Goal · Simon Poulsen
- 63'Second yellow · Brett Holman
- 66'Yellow card · Wilfried Bony
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Vitesse line-up
Piet Velthuizen, Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Alexander Büttner, Frank van der Struijk, Guram Kashia, Ricardo Gomes, Giorgi Chanturia, Anthony Annan, Renato Ibarra, Wilfried Bony, Tomas Kalas
AZ Alkmaar expected line-up
Esteban Alvarado, Simon Poulsen, Nick Viergever, Dirk Marcellis, Etienne Reijnen, Niklas Moisander, Rasmus Elm, Adam Maher, Jozy Altidore, Brett Holman, Roy Beerens